Diversey’s updated Room Care Pur-Eco range for hotels includes a complete set of products with EU Ecolabel certification covering all daily cleaning tasks. Devised with help from housekeeping professionals, the range comprises Pur-Eco formulations for daily cleaning that are at least as effective in terms of performance and fragrance as the standard Room Care range used by the majority of large UK and global hotel groups.

The range has been reimagined with the addition of key products designed to enable a full housekeeping solution, including: a lactic acid-based cleaner, disinfectant, descaler and deodoriser in a single ultra-concentrate product for guest bathrooms; heavy-duty ultra-concentrate toilet bowl cleaner that is ideal for hard water areas; Pur-Eco cream cleaner; and grout cleaner for mould and mildew.

Research conducted by Diversey in partnership with Hotelschool the Hague revealed 41 per cent of guests said cleanliness is the most important factor when recommending a hotel. The cleanliness of bathrooms and bedrooms influence guests the most when they form their all-important first impression. The improved Room Care products help housekeeping teams make the right impression and keep these and every critical area of their hotels clean and fresh.

Improved sustainability was another key objective for the reformulated Room Care range. By replacing ready-to-use product with ultra-concentrate pouches in Diversey’s DQFM or Divermite dilution control systems, where water is added at the point of use rather than the place of manufacture, facilities can reduce the amount of plastic used by more than one kilogramme per room and greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90%.

Odour plays a significant role in perceptions of cleanliness and the Room Care range meets this challenge in three major ways. First, innovative formulations with unique active ingredients ensure areas are cleaned and potential sources of odours are removed effectively. Room Care R5 & R5.1 incorporate Diversey’s patented Odour Neutralising Technology (ONT) to break down organic residues and eliminate the food source for bacteria that cause malodours. Second, the choice of two latest-generation fragrances with high levels of perfume allow the hotel to personalise their guests’ experience. Finally, to remove stubborn and lingering odours, the new Good Sense aroma diffuser can remove even the hardest to kill odours like food smells and smoke and refresh a room in just 30 minutes while other rooms are being cleaned. This layered approach to fragrance helps to create the right first impression and remove evidence of previous guests.

The Room Care range also offers excellent cost-in-use through the use of innovative formulations with excellent dilution rates. One case of Room Care R1 Plus Pur-Eco, for example, can produce the equivalent of 200 ready-to-use trigger bottles. This reduces overall costs but also minimises storage, transport and handling burdens. The DQFM system ensures solutions are prepared accurately to reduce wastage and cut costs. Consistent solution preparation also helps ensure cleaning is completed correctly first time, with no need for time-consuming and expensive repeats.

Studies conducted by Diversey with leading major hotel groups suggest Room Care Pur Eco ultra-concentrates used with standard set of TASKI’s Nordic Swan-certified housekeeping tools can, after suitable training, reduce the time spent cleaning a room by one minute in a budget hotel and up to five minutes in a luxury hotel. The makes team members more productive so that they can clean more rooms each day – up to eight hours are saved for every 100 rooms cleaned. Alternatively, housekeepers can use the time saved to focus on additional detail cleaning that is noticed and appreciated by guests.

Diversey supports the new Room Care range with its Guest Training Programme which comprises comprehensive training videos for each housekeeping task with a set of training aids, user guides, wall charts, videos, safety sheets and other documentation. Few, if any, other major suppliers can offer this level of support for their products.